Noboru

Noboru (written: 昇, 登, 謄, 盛, のぼる in hiragana or ノボル katakana) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:


 * Jahana Noboru (謝花 昇), official in the government of Japan's Okinawa Prefecture
 * Kyokushūzan Noboru (旭鷲山 昇), former professional sumo wrestler and current politician from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 * Miyata Noboru (宮田 登), Japanese folklorist
 * Noboru Akiyama (秋山 登), Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher
 * Noboru Ando (安藤 昇), Japanese film actor known for his yakuza roles
 * Noboru Ishiguro (石黒 昇), animator who was born in Tokyo, Japan
 * Noboru Iwamura (岩村 昇), Japanese biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine
 * Noboru Kawasaki (川崎 のぼる), Japanese manga artist
 * Noboru Kikuta (菊田 昇, 1926–1991), Japanese gynecologist
 * Noboru Kousaka (上坂 昇), Japanese former politician
 * Noboru Misawa, anime director and storyboard artist in Japan
 * Noboru Nakamura (中村 登), Japanese film director and screenwriter
 * Noboru Nakayama (中山 昇), former Japanese football player
 * Noboru Okamoto (岡本 登), Japanese hammer thrower
 * Noboru Rokuda (六田 登), Japanese manga artist
 * Noboru Ryugaki (柳ヶ木 昇), Japanese singer, actor, and voice actor
 * Noboru Shimura (志村 謄), Japanese footballer
 * Noboru Sugai (須貝 昇), Japanese professional golfer
 * Noboru Sugimoto (杉本 盛), Japanese freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
 * Noboru Takeshita (竹下 登), Japanese politician and the 74th Prime Minister of Japan (1987 to 1989)
 * Noboru Tanaka (田中 登), Japanese film director
 * Noboru Tanaka (field hockey) (田中 昇), Japanese field hockey player
 * Noboru Terada (寺田 登), Japanese freestyle swimmer
 * Noboru Tsujihara (辻原 登), prize-winning Japanese author of fiction
 * Noboru Uchiyama (内山 昇), Japanese boxer
 * Noboru Ueda (上田 昇), former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer
 * Noboru Ueki (植木 昇), Japanese photographer
 * Noboru Waseda (早稲田 昇), Japanese swimmer
 * Noboru Yamaguchi (山口 登), the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan
 * Noboru Yamaguchi (author) (ヤマグチ ノボル), male Japanese light novel and game scenario author
 * Ryūō Noboru (龍皇 昇), professional sumo wrestler from Ulan-Bator, Mongolia

Fictional characters

 * Noboru Shima (嶋 昇), a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Blade
 * Noboru Yoshikawa (吉川 のぼる 昇), a character in the manga/anime series Great Teacher Onizuka